Tonight at Noon
Tonight at noon
Supermarkets will advertise 3p extra on everything
Tonight at noon
Children from happy families will be sent to live in a home
Elephants will tell each other human jokes
America will declare peace on Russia World War I generals will sell poppies on the street on November 11th
The first daffodils of autumn will appear, When the leaves fall upwards to the trees
Tonight at noon
Pigeons will hunt cats through city backyards
Hitler will tell us to fight on the beaches and on the landing fields
A tunnel full of water will be built under Liverpool
Pigs will be sighted flying in formation over Woolton
And Nelson will not only get his eye back but his arm as well
White Americans will demonstrate for equal rights, In front of the Black house
And the monster has just created Dr. Frankenstein
Girls in bikinis are moonbathing
Folksongs are being sung by real folk
Art galleries are closed to people over 21
Poets get their poems in the Top 20
There's jobs for everybody and nobody wants them
In back alleys everywhere teenage lovers are kissing in broad daylight
In forgotten graveyards everywhere the dead will quietly bury the living
and
You will tell me you love me
Tonight at noon
Tonight at Noon---
A Poem by Adrian Henri
這是一篇英國詩人(Adrian Henri)寫的新詩
由愛爾蘭老師(Dee)讀給我們聽
是她最喜歡的作品之ㄧ
我在聽完之後很感動 與大家分享---
今天下午的晚上
所有超市都在宣傳每樣商品多3毛
今天下午的晚上
小孩們從美滿的家庭被送到孤兒院
大象們交頭接耳的說著人類的笑話
美國將會在俄羅斯世界大戰I宣佈和平
當落葉往上掉到樹梢 秋天的第一朵水仙將會綻放
今天下午的晚上
鴿子將會在後院獵捕貓咪
希特勒將會要我們在海灘上打架
利物浦地下將會蓋一條水道
豬將會排成列飛過Woolton
而且尼爾森將會得到他的眼睛跟手臂
白人將會在黑宮前遊行爭取平等
穿比基尼的女孩們做著月光浴
鄉村民謠只被真正的鄉村人唱著
所有畫廊只開放給21歲以下民眾
詩集排上熱門排行榜前20名
工作到處都有卻沒人想要
在小巷子裡到處都有年輕愛人們在光天化日下接吻
被遺忘的墓園裏死去的人正在安靜的埋葬活人
然而...
你將會說你愛我
在今天下午的晚上